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diminish::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | decrease, fall, lessen |
| Type of | change magnitude |
| Has types | boil down, break, concentrate, contract, de-escalate, decelerate, decline, decoct, wither, wane, weaken, abate, decrescendo, deflate, depreciate, devaluate, devalue, die away, drop off, dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down, ease off, ease up, flag, fly, go down, let up, reduce, remit, retard, shorten, shrink, shrivel, shrivel up, slack, slack off, slacken off, slow, slow down, slow up, taper, thin out, undervalue, vanish, vaporize |
| Derivation | diminution |
Examples of diminish
diminish
By making it respectable, you diminish it, you've taken the flavor away from it.
From the usatoday.com
The Right opposes the move outright, believing it will diminish factional power.
From the smh.com.au
Opponents said the park location would diminish the historic nature of the land.
From the desmoinesregister.com
It tells us whether the concussion has caused their baseline scores to diminish.
From the latimes.com
He'll improve the Cavaliers'ability to control the game rather than diminish it.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Any remaining clouds Tuesday are expected to dissipate as rain chances diminish.
From the al.com
Acknowledge these as positive next steps, rather than letting them diminish you.
From the fresnobee.com
Not to diminish the surging Giants, but Tobin is predicting a Packer win Sunday.
From the jsonline.com
Either way, these are things we think would diminish our city if they went away.
From the charlotteobserver.com
- Decrease: decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
- Lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; "don't belittle your colleagues"
- (diminished) impaired by diminution
- (diminished) atrophied: (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use; "partial paralysis resulted in an atrophied left arm"
- (diminished) (of musical intervals) reduction by a semitone of any perfect or minor musical interval; "a diminished fifth"
- (diminished) belittled: made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth); "her comments made me feel small"
- (diminishing) becoming smaller or less or appearing to do so; "diminishing returns"; "his diminishing respect for her"
- In criminal law, diminished responsibility (or diminished capacity) is a potential defense by excuse by which defendants argue that although they broke the law, they should not be held criminally liable for doing so, as their mental functions were "diminished" or impaired. ...
- (Diminished (music)) Diminution, from Medieval Latin diminutio (alteration of Latin deminutio, decrease), is a musical term used to mean different things in the context of intervals, scales, chords or note values.
